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Kasparas Jakucionis, No. 23 Illinois bid to find form vs. Minnesota
Kasparas Jakucionis is dealing with adversity on the court for the first time in his college career. ,The talented freshman for No. 23 Illinois has finished with single-digit point totals in back-to-back games for the first time this season. He has missed 12 of his past 16 shots from the field and i...

Sergio Garcia jolts Anirban Lahiri in playoff at Andalucia
Sergio Garcia recorded his first LIV Golf individual victory -- on home soil, to boot -- by defeating India's Anirban Lahiri in a playoff at Andalucia on Sunday in Sotogrande, Spain.,After falling short in a playoff on three occasions this season, Garcia finally broke through at Real Club Valderrama...

Anirban Lahiri holds 4-stroke lead at LIV
India's Anirban Lahiri carded a 5-under-par 66 on Saturday to seize a four-stroke lead after the second round at the LIV Golf Andalucia event in Sotogrande, Spain.,Lahiri, who resides at 7-under 135, collected six birdies against one bogey at Real Club Valderrama.,"I mean, I made a lot of putts. Hol...

Dean Burmester takes early 1-shot lead at Andalucia
South Africa's Dean Burmester leads by one stroke after Friday's opening round of the LIV Golf Andalucia event in Sotogrande, Spain.,Burmester had six birdies and carded a 5-under 66 in windy conditions at Real Club Valderrama.,Australian Danny Lee is one shot behind and Spain's Eugenio Chacarra is ...

Sergio Garcia ready for return to Valderrama
Sergio Garcia has labeled Real Club Valderrama as his favorite golf course in the world.,The Fireballs GC captain likely has good reason for that. From Borriol, about an eight-hour drive up the Spanish coast from Sotogrande -- where the club is located, Garcia is an honorary member of Real Club Vald...

Jon Rahm seeking first LIV crown at home in Spain
Jon Rahm returns to his native Spain this week to chase his elusive first individual title since joining LIV Golf last December.,The 29-year-old captain of Legion XIII addressed his drought and recent struggles -- including a missed cut at the Masters and an injury withdrawal from the U.S. Open -- o...

Golf Glance: Rory McIlroy defends in Scotland; LPGA, Champions go major hunting
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: John Deere Classic (Davis Thompson),THIS WEEK: Genesis Scottish Open, North Berwick, Scotland, July 11-14,Course: The Renaissance Club (Par 70, 7,237 Yards)...

Giants reinstate SS Nick Ahmed from injured list
The San Francisco Giants reinstated shortstop Nick Ahmed from the 10-day injured list on Friday.,He has been sidelined since being struck on the left wrist by a 108-mph line drive on May 9 at Colorado.,Ahmed, 34, is batting .236 with four doubles and 11 RBIs in 36 games in his first season with the ...

Illinois adds Barcelona G Kasparas Jakucionis
Kasparas Jakucionis, a point guard from Lithuania and a possible first-round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, is heading to the United States to play for Illinois next season.,Illinois announced Tuesday that it had signed Jakucionis, who started playing for Barcelona's basketball club when he was 16.,Jak...

Please do not glorify Mattress Mack’s gambling addiction
Reporting on Mattress Mack McIngvale’s gambling addiction is akin to covering those competitive vaping contests featuring Gen Zers trying to see who can blow the biggest cloud/contract lymphoma the quickest. I guess there’s a human-interest angle, but it also glorifies sports betting to a disgusting...

Milan Lucic's DV charges dropped after wife refuses to testify
Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic will have domestic violence charges against him dropped due to his wife refusing to testify against him. He will be released on personal recognizance bail. ...

Robert Saleh doesn't care what Aaron Rodgers says on <i>The Pat McAfee Show</i>
B.S. for me, but not for thee. ...

Pat McAfee lets Aaron Rodgers spout more garbage on today's show
After a week of controversy, New York Jets signal-caller Aaron Rodgers was welcomed back to The Pat McAfee Show with applause and a standing ovation from its host. (To be fair, McAfee is always standing, though at least he’s wearing sleeves today.) ...

Sick, Sad World of Sports: Jumbo holiday edition
The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, including criminals, athletes moonlighting as criminals, and criminals moonlighting as athletes. ...

Aaron Rodgers, who played 4 snaps, somehow voted team's Most Inspirational Player
New York Jets players voted to give the team’s Most Inspirational Player Award — named after Dennis Byrd, the defensive end who was paralyzed during a 1992 game and had to relearn how to walk — to Aaron Rodgers, the guy who tore his Achilles four snaps into Gang Green’s opener and vowed to return bu...

Stephen A. Smith weighs in on Pat McAfee and, as usual, gets it wrong
Last time I checked, Stephen A. Smith, a man who epitomizes the “embrace really loud debate” and who, just this week, had a man sniffing a female colleague’s shoe on his show, has decided to speak for journalism....

It’s time for ESPN to put an end to Pat McAfee’s Aaron Rodgers disaster
There was a time in journalism when allowing people to spew false information in a public forum was frowned upon. That was before the ghouls at FOX News realized that there was a lot of money in telling people what they want to hear — truth be damned — first as wild speculation about where former Pr...

IDIOT OF THE YEAR: It's the final countdown (Nos. 10-1)
Here they are: The biggest dummies of 2023. Most of them are starting to take up permanent residence here. ...

IDIOT OF THE MONTH: Defending Trevor Bauer is never a good look
Hello there, esteemed reader, and welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH, the world-renowned series in which we mostly just make fun of Aaron Rodgers every few weeks. (Hi, Tom Laforgia!)...

Don’t let Aaron Rodgers convince you not to use sunscreen
Not content to have spread misinformation about the COVID vaccine, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the therapeutic effects of the sounds of dolphin sex, and “the softening” of society, Rodgers, a man who took courses in “American Studies” at Cal Berkeley, where he did not graduate with a degree in anything relat...